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This year a total of 21 students from seven different universities across Scandinavia participated in the PhD-course Advances in Life Cycle Assessment (5 hp).The course is a collaboration between the partner universities in the Swedish Life Cycle…

Together with Swedish Life Cycle Center’s academic partners, Chalmers University of Technology, KTH Royal institute of Technology and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences a PhD course “Advances in life cycle assessment” will…

Today the PhD course “Advances in life cycle assessment” was launched and Swedish Life Cycle Center was there to get a glance. 25 PhD students from six universities and one research institute grabbed the popular…

We are proud to present the first PhD-course in LCA developed within Swedish Life Cycle Center and Swedish platform for the life cycle perspective! The course is organized together with The Research School Sustainable…

In a few weeks the first students of the PhD course “Advances in life cycle assessment” will enter the lecture hall in Gothenburg. The interest for the course, which will be given for the first…

On 27–28 October 2021, Swedish Life Cycle Center arranged a two-days course in Applied Life Cycle Thinking. The course was given online for the second time and for the first time it was given in…

The life cycle perspective, understanding the environmental impacts of a product or service throughout the value chain, is gaining increased importance in business as well as in public sector and authorities. In this two-day course…

Swedish Life Cycle Center’s two-day courses are an open opportunity for participants from any organization to learn more about the life cycle perspective. The courses can also be offered to a specific group, and in…

The life cycle perspective, understanding the environmental impacts of a product or service throughout the value chain, is gaining increased importance in business as well as in public sector and authorities. On October 8-9 the…

Take the chance to improve your knowledge in Applied Life cycle thinking and join our two-day course in Stockholm November 6-7 or Gothenburg October 10-11. This time the course will be given in English in…

News from the Scientific director Greg Peters Its time for my last Scientific Directions update for 2022 and as an expat Aussie my thoughts turn to migratory scientific behaviours during this dark Scandinavian season.  Here…

Do you want to gain in-depth knowledge of the Life Cycle perspective and understand the environmental impact of a product or service throughout the value chain and how you can use this perspective in your…

Date for the course Applied life cycle thinking for 2019 are now available at the course page.   Read more about the course…

The course “Applied life cycle thinking” was held last week in Gothenburg and was a great success. Participants from industry and government agencies were satisfied with the content and skilled teachers (Emma Rex…

We are approaching Spring and we are looking back at an eventful start to 2023. We have said thank you and goodbye to Sara Palander the Center’s Director for the past 12 years and we…

Circularity and resource efficiency are the latest sustainability buzzwords. The lists recommending what are the best means to achieve circularity are plentiful, but Anne-Marie and her research team applied life cycle thinking to resource efficiency…

  The Annual Report 2018 is published and summarizes an exciting year! The organizational move from Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development (GMV) to Technology Management and Economics (TME) at Chalmers has raised new opportunities, where closer…

The Swedish Life Cycle Center newsletter has been sent out to our extended community. Would you like to take part of the latest news from Swedish Life Cycle Center & Swedish platform for the life…

The year of 2019 has almost come to an end and we are happy to say that is has been a year filled with new collaborations and inspiring network activites. The Swedish Life Cycle Centers…

The year is coming to an end and so is the current stage of the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s operations (stage 9). The Technical secretariat together with all partners are now planning for a new…

The CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference took place April 30- May 2 in Copenhagen. Ilaria Giovanna Barletta, PhD Student at the division of Production Systems, Chalmers, was there to present her paper and gave us…

Anders Nordelöf, PhD candidate at Environmental Systems Analysis, Chalmers recently defended his thesis “Using life cycle assessment to support the development of electrified road vehicles”. Anders is also active in the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s network as a member in the working group LCA and vehicles. Following the debate about electric road vehicles in Sweden this is a very actual topic. We asked Anders 3 quick questions about his thesis.

Svenskarna på SLCA 2016 i Pescara: Birgit Brunklaus, RISE; Anna Furberg, Henrikke Baumann, Sverker Molander och Rickard Arvidsson, Chalmers; Diego Penaloza, RISE. På bilden saknas Elisabeth Ekener från KTH och Sebastian Welling från IVL. –…

In September 2018 a new project started, led by Michael Martin at IVL, aiming to develop more sustainable food consumption through procurement with a life cycle perspective. The overall aim of this project is to…

Since 2016, the center has a close collaboration with seven Swedish government agencies. They meet on a regular basis to share experience and build common knowledge in the life cycle field. These authorities play important roles…

On September 24-26 the annual SETAC LCA Case study symposium took place in Vienna, Austria. This time the theme was “The role of LCA in shaping the future – Food, Fiber, Feed, Fertilizer, Fuel and…

It is all about creating the best conditions for people to collaborate within. Swedish Life Cycle Center provides an environment for our partners and others to network and drive the life cycle field forward. Our…

After twelve years at the Swedish Life Cycle Center, Sara Palander, will leave her position as a Director of the Center. Sara has during her leadership built and managed the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s operations…

Christmas greetings! 2022 is coming to an end, the first year out of three of the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s stage 10. During the year we have had the opportunity to welcome two new partners…

During 2021 Swedish Life Cycle Center opened up for small and medium sized companies to take a more active part in the Center’s activities since there has been a raise in interest for the life…

SETAC Annual meeting is a 5-day event featuring a variety of training, networking and learning opportunities and this year it took place in Rome on May 13-17. Tomas Rydberg (IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and…

Anne-Marie Tillman, since year 2000 professor at the Department of Environmental Systems Analysis at Chalmers, is one of the founders of Centre for Environmental Assessment of Product and Material Systems (CPM); the predecessor to…

Since 2016, the center has a close collaboration with seven Swedish government agencies. They meet on a regular basis to share experience and build common knowledge in the life cycle field. These authorities play important roles…

Since 2016, the center has a close collaboration with nine Swedish government agencies. They meet on a regular basis to share experience and build common knowledge in the life cycle field. These authorities play important…

For three years, we have had the opportunity to run the project Swedish platform for the life cycle perspective, with funding from the Swedish Energy Agency and partners in the Swedish Life Cycle Center.

The annual report of 2019 is now published and summarizes an active year filled with engagement, commitment and many activities among the Swedish Life Cycle Center partners. In this annual report, you will give an…

Sandvik produces special steel with circularity as a natural part of their business model. Bringing the waste material back into the production loop is beneficial both from an economic and an environmental point of view.

Since 2016, the center has a close collaboration with seven Swedish government agencies. They meet on a regular basis to share experience and build common knowledge in the life cycle field. These authorities play important roles…

The pilot phase of the large environmental footprint initiative (PEF & OEF), by the European Commission, is completed and many of us are wondering ”What happens now?”. A few remaining PEF pilots are being finalized…

Environmental damage costs society enormous amounts of money – and often leaves future generations to foot the bill. Now, a new ISO standard will help companies valuate and manage the impact of their environmental damage,…

Since 2016, the center has a close collaboration with seven Swedish government agencies. They meet on a regular basis to share experience and build common knowledge in the life cycle field. These authorities play important roles…

On August 29-31 the Life Cycle Innovation Conference was arranged in Berlin by FSLCI and off course, Swedish Life Cycle Center as strategic partner to FSLCI was there to contribute to the program. Around hundred…